Galway Bay fm newsroom - School students from across Galway are to hold a climate strike at Eyre Square at 1 this afternoon.
It's part of the global Fridays for Future demonstrations and will run alongside a number of other protests being held across the country.
Fridays for Future is an international organisation made up of school students calling for government action on the climate crisis.
A large group of children from Galway are expected to gather at Eyre Square from 1 o'clock this afternoon.
16-year-old Mai Sheehan from Kinvara, who will be at the protest, says politicians should take climate change seriously - to hear more, tune in to Galway Bay fm news on the hour...